Abstract
A catalogue of the Pyrgotidae (Diptera) from Chile is provided. All valid names are presented, comprising three species in two genera for the country. All references known to us from the taxonomic and biological literature, to the included names, are provided, including information about name, author, year of publication, page number, type species, type locality, distribution, and references.
Highlights
Pyrgotidae is a small family of Tephritoidea (Diptera) with worldwide distribution (Kim & Han, 2009)
The family is divided into the subfamilies Pyrgotinae and Teretrurinae (McAlpine, 1990)
Teretrurinae, composed by 11 species in five genera, has a distribution restricted to South America and Oceania
Summary
Pyrgotidae is a small family of Tephritoidea (Diptera) with worldwide distribution (Kim & Han, 2009). 365 species in about 55 genera (Korneyev, 2006). According to Mello & Lamas (2016), the Neotropical fauna of Pyrgotidae is represented by 59 species in 13 genera. The family is divided into the subfamilies Pyrgotinae and Teretrurinae (McAlpine, 1990). Pyrgotinae, the most specious subfamily, has a worldwide distribution and is composed by the tribes Prodalmanniini, Pyrgotini, Toxopyrgotini, and Toxurini (Korneyev, 2016). Teretrurinae, composed by 11 species in five genera, has a distribution restricted to South America and Oceania. The South American fauna of Teretrurinae is composed by the genera Pyrgotosoma Malloch and Teretrura Bigot
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